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λείπω , impf.
A.ἔλειπονIl.19.288, etc.: fut. “λείψω18.11: aor. 1 ἔλειψα, part. “λείψαςAr.Fr.965 (= Antiph.32), elsewh. only late, Plb.12.15.12 (παρ-), Str.6.3.10 (παρ-), Ps.-Phoc.77 (ἀπ-), etc.; uncompounded, Ptol.Alm.10.4, Luc.Par.42, Ps.-Callisth.1.44 (cod. C); also in later Poets, Man.1.153, Opp.C.2.33, and in Inscrr., Epigr.Gr.522.16 (Thessalonica), 314.27 (Smyrna), etc.: but correct writers normally use aor. 2 “ἔλι^πονIl.2.35, A.Pers.984 (lyr.), etc.: pf. “λέλοιπαOd.14.134: plpf. ἐλελοίπειν (Att. -η) X.Cyr.2.1.21:—Med., in prop. sense chiefly in compds.: aor. 2 “ἐλιπόμηνHdt.1.186, 2.40, E.HF169, etc. (in pass. sense, Il.11.693, al.):—Pass., fut. Med. in pass. sense “λείψομαιHes.Op.200, Hdt.7.8.ά, 48; also “λειφθήσομαιS.Ph.1071, λελείψομαι Il.24.742, Th.5.105, etc.: aor. “ἐλείφθην, λείφθηνPi.O.2.43; Ep. 3pl. “ἔλειφθενh.Merc.195: pf. “λέλειμμαιIl.13.256, Democr.228, Pl.Ti.61a, etc.: plpf. “ἐλελείμμηνIl.2.700; Ep. “λέλειπτο10.256: Ep. aor. also “ἔλειπτοA.R.1.45, etc.:
b. leave standing, leave remaining, spare, “οἰκίαν οὐδεμίανX.An.7.4.1; “μηδέναId.HG2.3.41, Pl.R.567b, etc.
3. leave, forsake, Il.17.13, etc.; “λ. τινὰ χαμαίPi.O.6.45; “εὕδονταS.Ph.273; τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λ. ib.903; “λ. τὴν τάξινPl.Ap.29a, etc.; λ. ἐράνους fail in paying . . , D.27.25, cf. 25.22; λ. δασμόν, φοράν, X.Cyr.3.1.1, 34; λ. μαρτυρίαν, ὅρκον, fail in . . , D.49.19, 59.60, λ. δίκην allow it to go by default, SIG134b24 (Milet., iv B.C.); λοιβὰς . . οὐ λίπε neglected them not, IG3.1337.8.
b. conversely, λίπον ἰοὶ ἄνακτα they failed him, Od.22.119.
4. Math., lose or drop something, i.e. have something subtracted from it, τὸ KP λιπὸν τὸ BO the area KP minus the area BO, Apollon.Perg.3.12, cf. Ptol.Alm. 10.4, al., Dioph.2.21.
II. intr., to be gone, depart, Epigr.Gr.149.2 (Rhenea); v. supr. 1.1b.
2. to be wanting or missing, “οὔ τί πω ἔλιπεν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ οἴκου . . αἰκίαS.El.514 (lyr.); “οὔποτ᾽ ἔρις λείψει κατὰ πόλειςE.Hel.1157 (lyr.); “τὸ κακοτυχὲς οὐ λέλοιπεν ἐκ τέκνωνId.HF 133 (lyr.); λείπουσιν αἱ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς [τρίχες] Arist.HA518a24; “ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπειEv.Luc.18.22; τί λείπει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων αὐταῖς; Plb.10.18.8; τί γάρ σοι λείπει; Arr.Epict.2.22.5, cf. Diog.Oen.64; [εἰς τὴν προκειμένην πραγματείαν] τὸ ὑφ᾽ οὗ γίνεται . . μὴ ῥηθὲν οὐ λείπει is not needed, Marcellin.Puls.69: c. inf., λείπει μὲν οὐδ᾽ πρόσθεν ἤδεμεν τὸ μὴ οὐ βαρύστον᾽ εἶναι nihil absunt quin . . , S.OT1232: so c. gen., “βραχὺ λείπει τοῦ μὴ συνάπτεινPlb.2.14.6, etc.; πρότασις τῆς προειρημένης λείπουσα ὑποθέσει a proposition containing less in the hypothesis than that aforesaid, Papp.648.1: freq. with numerals, “κεφάλαιον γίγνεται μικροῦ λείποντος πέντε καὶ δέκα τάλανταLys.19.43; “οὐ πολὺ λεῖπον τῶν ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶνPlb.12.16.13; “τριήρεις πέντε λείπουσαι τῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιD.S.13.14: generally, “παντὸς μὲν οὖν λείπειPl.Lg.728a; λιπών ib.759e; τὸ λεῖπον what is lacking, Plb.4.38.9, etc.; esp. Gramm., to be incomplete, of a phrase, “λειπούσης τῆς φράσεωςA.D.Adv.159.28, al.; to be wanting, omitted, “λείποντος τοῦ καίId.Conj.225.24: also c. dat., “λείπει "κεῖνος" φωνὴ τῷ ε_Id.Adv.147.17.
b. of the moon, to be invisible (cf. λειψιφαής), Plot.2.3.5.
c. λείποντα εἴδη, in Algebra, = λείψεις, negative terms, Dioph.1Def.10.
b. Math., to be subtracted: τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΦ λειφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΑ ποιεῖ . . , the square on ΔΦ subtracted from the square on ΔΑ gives . . , Ptol.Alm. 10.7.
II. c. gen.,
1. to be left without, to be forsaken of, “κτεάνων λειφθεὶς καὶ φίλωνPi.I.2.11; “σοῦ λελειμμένηS. Ant.548; but στρατὸν λελειμμένον δορός which has been left by the spear, i.e. not slain, A.Ag.517.
2. to be left behind in a race, Il. 23.407, 409, Od.8.125; λελειμμένος οἰῶν lingering behind the sheep, 9.448; λείπετ᾽ . . Μενελάου δουρὸς ἐρωήν he was left a spear's throw behind Menelaus, Il.23.529; ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο he had been left behind as much as a quoit's throw, ib.523; “κίρκοι πελειῶν οὐ μακρὰν λελειμμένοιA.Pr.857, cf. E.Hipp.1244; τοῦ κήρυκος μὴ λείπεσθαι not to lag behind the herald, Th.1.131; but ἀπό τινος to be left behind by one, Il.9.437, 445; λ. βασιλέος or ἀπὸ βασιλέος by the king, Hdt.8.113, 9.66; λείπεσθαι τοῦ καιροῦ to be behind time, X.Cyr.6.3.29; “τῆς ναυμαχίηςId.7.168; “τῆς ἐξόδουId.9.19; but, λείπου μηδὲ σύ, παρθέν᾽, ἀπ᾽ οἴκων fail not [to come] from the house, i.e. follow us, dub. in S. Tr.1275 (anap.): abs., to be left behind, be absent, Hdt.7.229, 8.44.
3. come short of, be inferior to, τινος, like ἐλαττοῦσθαι, ἡττᾶσθαι, ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος, because the Verb has a comp. sense, Id.7.48, etc.; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ᾽ ἡδονῆς falls short of . . , E.Fr.138.3; λείπεσθαί τινος ἔς τι or ἔν τινι, Hdt.1.99, 7.8. ά (v. infr. 4); “περί τιPlb.6.52.8; “πρός τιS.Tr.266; “καμήλους ταχυτῆτι οὐ λειπομένας ἵππωνHdt.7.86; “ξύνεσιν οὐδενὸς λ.Th.6.72; “πλήθει λ.X.HG7.4.24; “πλήθει ἡμῶν λειφθέντεςId.An.7.7.31; οὐδ᾽ ἔτι θηρὸς ἐλείπετο δερκομένοισιν, i.e. resembled . . , Epic.in Arch.Pap.7p.4: also c. gen. rei, “λειφθῆναι μάχηςE.Heracl.732; “οὐδὲν σοῦ ξίφους λελείψομαιId.Or.1041: Math., τὸ ἐγγραφὲν τοῦ περιγραφέντος ἐλάσσονι λείπεται the inscribed figure falls short of the circumscribed by less than . . , Archim.Con.Sph.21: also c. dat. rei, “λειφθῆναι μάχῃA.Pers.344: c. part., “οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ λείπει γιγνώσκωνX.Oec.18.5; λέλειψαι τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων you come short of, understand not my plans, E.Or.1085; “λέλειμμαι τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν νόμωνId.Hel.1246: abs., to be defeated, Plb.1.62.6; “ὑπό τινοςAP11.224 (Antip.); λείπεσθαι ἐν [τῇ ἀγορανομίᾳ], Lat. repulsam ferre, Plu. Mar.5, etc.: abs., in part., ἄνδρας λελειμμένους inferior men, A.Fr. 37; also, “λειπόμενοιthe poor, IG14.1839.7.
4. to be wanting or lacking in a thing, fail of or in, c. gen., “ὀδυρμάτων ἐλείπετ᾽ οὐδένS.Tr. 937; “γνώμας λειπομένα σοφᾶςId.El.474 (lyr.); “λελειμμένη τέκνωνE. Ion680; λελ. λόγου failing to heed my word, S.Aj.543; μῆνας ἓξ . . λειπόμενος (sc. τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν) Epigr.Gr.519 (Thessalonica); also, “λ. ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μηδ᾽ ὁρᾶνS.OC495; v. supr.3.
5. to be in need of, “τῆς σῆς βοηθείαςA.D.Synt.289.28. (I.-E. leiq[uglide]-, cf. Lat. li-n-quo, Skt. ric-, pres. 3sg. ri-ṇa-k-ti 'leaves', etc.)
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